8 ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ke kūʻai ʻana i kāu kaʻa mua

ʻAʻole ʻoe e poina i kāu kaʻa mua. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kī o kahi hoʻoilina ʻohana i kou lā hānau 17 a i ʻole e hoʻomāʻona iā ʻoe iho ma hope o ke ola, ʻo ke kūʻokoʻa e lawe mai ai he ʻano hoihoi o ka hele ʻana. Akā ʻo ke koho a kūʻai ʻana i kaʻa no ka manawa mua hiki ke huikau. Pono ʻoe e kiʻi i ka petrol a i ʻole diesel? Manual a ʻakomi paha? Hiki ke paʻakikī nā koho, no laila eia kā mākou ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaka i kāu huakaʻi alanui, inā paha ʻoe e mākaukau e hele i ke ala i kēia manawa a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo wale ana i nā mea āpau. 

1. Pono au e kūʻai hou a hoʻohana ʻia paha?

Kāhea iā mākou he manaʻo, akā manaʻo mākou e kūʻai nā mea a pau i kaʻa hoʻohana. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kaʻa i hoʻohana ʻia ma mua o nā kaʻa hou, no laila ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka poʻe e hoʻomaka ana i kā lākou huakaʻi kaʻa, a he nui aku ka nui o lākou. Hāʻawi kēia iā ʻoe i nā koho hou aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kaʻa kūpono ma ke kumu kūʻai kūpono.

2. Pehea ka pipiʻi o kaʻu kaʻa mua?

ʻO ka manaʻo maʻamau ka mea e like me ke ahi ahi kāu kaʻa mua - kahi mea āu e kūʻai ai no kahi mau haneli paona, me ke kino niho a me kahi ʻala ʻokoʻa. Akā ʻaʻole mākou ʻae. He pipiʻi ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i kaʻa, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka poʻe ʻōpio, no laila uku ke koho i kahi e hōʻike ana i kāu mau pono a me kou makemake. 

Inā hoʻokele mau ʻoe ma nā alaloa a i ʻole ka uhi ʻana i kahi lōʻihi, no ka laʻana, he kaʻa hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoluʻolu me ka ʻenekini nui a i ʻole ka mīkini diesel ka mea āu e pono ai. E ʻike ʻoe i kahi kaʻa mua kūpono no ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o £10,000 i ke kālā a i ʻole ma lalo o £200 i ka mahina ma ke kālā. Inā kūʻai wale ʻoe i hoʻokahi pule i ka pule, kūpono paha kahi hatchback kinoea liʻiliʻi iā ʻoe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kahi kaʻa hoʻohana nui no ka £6,000 a i ʻole ma kahi o £100 i hoʻokahi mahina me ke kālā. 

Hiki ke pipiʻi ka ʻinikua hoʻokele hou, a ke hilinaʻi nui nei ka waiwai o kāu kulekele i ka waiwai o ke kaʻa. Akā e hele mākou i kēlā i kahi manawa.

3. ʻO ke kaʻa hea e koho ai - hatchback, sedan a SUV paha?

Hāʻule ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa i hoʻokahi o nā ʻano nui ʻehā - hatchback, sedan, station wagon a SUV paha. Aia kekahi mau ʻano ʻē aʻe, e like me nā kaʻa haʻuki a me nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa, akā hāʻule ka hapa nui o lākou ma waena. Nui nā ʻohana e koho i nā SUV a me nā kaʻa kaʻa no ka nui, akā ʻaʻole pono nā mea hoʻokele novice i kēlā wahi.

Nui nā poʻe e kūʻai i ka hatchback e like me kā lākou kaʻa mua. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hatchbacks, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka holo ʻana ma mua o nā ʻano kaʻa ʻē aʻe, akā he ʻelima mau noho a me kahi pahu nui no ke kūʻai ʻana. Akā ʻaʻohe mea e kāohi iā ʻoe mai ke kūʻai ʻana i Jeep a i ʻole Jaguar i kāu kaʻa mua - ʻoiai hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻoia.

4. ʻO wai nā kaʻa i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana?

E hoʻokomo iā ʻoe iho i nā kāmaʻa o kahi hui ʻinikua. Makemake ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa i ka mea hoʻokele hou ma ka £6,000 hatchback me kahi ʻenekini liʻiliʻi a kūkulu ʻia i loko o ka alarm, a i ʻole kahi supercar pipiʻi me ka wikiwiki o 200 km/h? ʻO ka ʻōlelo maʻamau, ʻo nā kaʻa liʻiliʻi loa e hoʻopaʻa ʻia he mau hiʻohiʻona haʻahaʻa, kūpono me nā ʻenekini liʻiliʻi a me nā kumukūʻai hoʻoponopono haʻahaʻa i ka wā o kahi ulia pōpilikia. 

Hāʻawi ʻia nā kaʻa āpau i kahi helu pūʻulu ʻinikua mai 1 a 50, kahi ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka 1 ma mua o nā helu kiʻekiʻe. Aia kekahi mau kumu ʻē aʻe e hoʻohana ai nā hui ʻinikua e helu i ke kumukūʻai o kāu kulekele, e like me ka wahi āu e noho ai a me ka hana āu e hana ai. Akā, ma ke ʻano he kānāwai, ʻo kahi kaʻa kūʻai ʻole me kahi mīkini liʻiliʻi (emi ma mua o 1.6 lita) e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai ʻinikua. 

E hoʻomanaʻo e hiki iā ʻoe ke noi i nā hui ʻinikua no kahi "kumukūʻai" ma ke kaʻa ma mua o kou kūʻai ʻana. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kaʻa Cazoo kahi hui ʻinikua, i helu ʻia ma nā kikoʻī ma ka pūnaewele.

5. Pehea e hiki ai iaʻu ke ʻike i ka nui o ke kaʻa e hana ai?

Ma waho aʻe o ka 'inikua, e koi ʻia ʻoe e ʻauhau, mālama a puhi i kāu kaʻa. ʻEhia ka nui o kēia mau kumukūʻai e hilinaʻi nui ma ke kaʻa ponoʻī, akā ma ke ʻano hoʻi e hoʻohana ai ʻoe. 

Aia ka ʻauhau kaʻa i ka nui o nā mea haumia i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e kāu ʻano kaʻa. ʻAʻole ʻauhau nā kaʻa hoʻokuʻu ʻole, me nā hiʻohiʻona uila e like me Nissan Leaf, aʻo nā kaʻa me ka mīkini maʻamau e kūʻai ʻia ma kahi o £150 i ka makahiki. Inā ʻoi aku ka waiwai o kāu kaʻa ma mua o £40,000 i ka wā hou, pono paha ʻoe e uku i ka ʻauhau makahiki hou, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha kēia ka hihia no ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai kaʻa mua. 

Manaʻo e hoʻolilo ma kahi o £150 hou aku no kahi lawelawe piha ma kahi kaʻa liʻiliʻi a ma kahi o £250 no kahi kumu hoʻohālike nui aʻe. Hāʻawi kekahi mau mea hana i nā pūʻolo lawelawe prepaid e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. Pono ʻoe e lawelawe i kāu kaʻa ma hope o kēlā me kēia 12,000 mile ʻoiai hiki ke ʻokoʻa kēia - e nānā me kāu mea hana kaʻa i ka manawa e pono ai kēia. 

ʻO ka nui o ka wahie āu e hoʻohana ai e hilinaʻi nui i ka nui o kāu hoʻokele a me ke ʻano o kāu hoʻokele. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o kāu huakaʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻaila a i ʻole ka wahie diesel e pau ai kāu kaʻa. ʻO ka nui o ka wahie e hoʻohana ai ke kaʻa i wehewehe ʻia ma ke ʻano he "fuel economic" a ua ana ʻia i nā mile no ke galani a i ʻole nā ​​​​mile no ke galani, hiki ke huikau ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā wahie wai ma UK ke kūʻai ʻia ma nā lita. I kēia manawa ke kumukūʻai o ke galani petrol a diesel paha ma kahi o £5.50, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke helu i nā kumukūʻai e pili ana i kēlā.

6. Pono au e kūʻai i kaʻaila, diesel a i ʻole kaʻa uila?

ʻO ka ʻaila ka wahie koho no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka. ʻOi aku ka māmā o nā kaʻa hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻaila, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka haki ʻana, a ʻoi aku ka mālie ma mua o nā kaʻa diesel. He emi ke kumu kūʻai maʻamau ma mua o nā kaʻa diesel o ka makahiki a me ke ʻano like. 

Akā inā e hana mau ʻoe i nā huakaʻi lōʻihi me nā wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe, a laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mīkini diesel. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kaʻa Diesel ma mua o nā kaʻa ʻaila a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma nā alaloa. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole kūpono lākou no nā huakaʻi pōkole - hiki i nā kaʻa diesel ke pau koke inā ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia no kā lākou kumu i manaʻo ʻia. 

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kaʻa uila ma mua o nā kaʻa petrol a i ʻole nā ​​kaʻa diesel a lōʻihi ka lōʻihi e "hoʻopiha" i ka uila. Akā inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ala kaʻa kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha a hoʻokele maʻamau ma lalo o 100 mau mile i ka lā, hiki i kahi kaʻa uila ke koho maikaʻi loa.

7. Pehea ʻoe e ʻike ai inā palekana ke kaʻa?

Loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa hou i ka helu palekana mai ka hui kūʻokoʻa ʻo Euro NCAP. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kaʻa ka helu hōkū mai ka ʻelima, e hōʻike ana i ka maikaʻi o ka pale ʻana i ka poʻe kaʻa mai ka pōʻino, a me kahi hōʻike kikoʻī hou aku, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ma ka pūnaewele Euro NCAP. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka helu ma ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka pōʻino, akā ma ka hiki ʻana o ke kaʻa ke pale i nā ulia. Ua lako nā kaʻa hou me ka ʻenehana hiki ke ʻike i ka pōʻino a hana wikiwiki aʻe ma mua o kou hiki ke hana.

Hāʻawi ka Euro NCAP star ratings iā ʻoe i kahi manaʻo kūpono i ka palekana o kahi kaʻa, akā hiki ke ʻoi aku ma mua o kēlā. ʻOi aku ka palekana o kahi kaʻa ʻelima hōkū 2020 ma mua o kahi kaʻa ʻelima hōkū 2015. A ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka 4x4 ʻelima mau hōkū ma mua o ka supermini hōkū ʻelima. Akā ma luna o nā mea a pau, ʻo ke kaʻa palekana ka mea e palekana ai ka mea hoʻokele, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi i ka nui o nā ʻeke air.

8. He aha ka mea hōʻoia?

ʻO ka palapala hoʻohiki he ʻōlelo hoʻohiki e ka mea hana kaʻa e hoʻoponopono i kekahi mau ʻāpana o ke kaʻa inā hāʻule lākou i loko o nā makahiki mua. Uhi ia i nā ʻāpana ʻaʻole pono e luhi, ʻaʻole nā ​​mea e like me nā kaila a me nā disc clutch pono e hoʻololi nā mea nona i kēlā me kēia manawa. 

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa e lawe i kahi palapala hoʻokō ʻekolu makahiki, no laila inā kūʻai ʻoe i kahi kaʻa ʻelua makahiki, aia nō ia ma lalo o ka palapala hoʻokō no hoʻokahi makahiki hou. Hāʻawi kekahi mau mea hana i nā mea hou aku - hāʻawi ʻo Hyundai i ʻelima mau makahiki i kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona, a hāʻawi ʻo Kia a me SsangYong i ʻehiku makahiki. ʻO ia hoʻi, inā kūʻai ʻoe i ʻelua makahiki Kia, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi palapala hoʻokō ʻelima makahiki.

ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia ke kaʻa āu e kūʻai ai mai Cazoo e ka palapala hōʻoia o ka mea hana, e hāʻawi mau mākou iā ʻoe i kahi palapala hōʻoia 90 lā no kou maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo.